John Wesley's Rule

The quote from John Wesley that we talked about during the RAGBRAI ride was:

"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can, In all the places you can,
At all the times you can, To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can."

John Wesley's Rule to Live By

Janne checks in with Katy and Brendan in Pocahontas, Iowa
Katy Fletcher camping out early in Pocahontas.

The tiny town of Pocahontas was the "meeting town" for riders and their support teams on the second day. Getting into the village for Janne and me was a nightmare, but we did have some great pizza in a local cafe when the main body of riders blew through.

PICTURES ACROSS IOWA ON RAGBRAI 2010

Katy Fletcher gravitates toward the Iowa Hawk Eye bus in Sioux City.


"May I take your picture? I'm from California." Hot dog man, "Sweet!"


Iowa is known for its corn, not for us guys,


Corn man rider in Pocahontas Iowa 2010

PICTURES OF OLD DES MOINES

Katherine Fletcher Shreves taught in this building at Drake University in Des Moines.


Janne Fecht pointed out during our return from RAGBRAI that her grandparents, Clyde and Jennie Fletcher lived in the Commodore Hotel at one point.



These are images sent to the blog from Katherine (Katy) Fletcher August 2010

MORE DEBUQUE PICTURES FROM THE RAGBRAI

Riders cross bridge on their way to the Mississippi River
Janne braves the Dubuque traffic jam
This just may be the back door to Iowa in Dubuque


Janne drives the r.v. into Dubuque.

DUBUQUE IOWA DURING THE RAGBRAI RIDE AUGUST 2010

It took us over two hours in bumper to bumper traffic to get to our meeting place with our RAGBRAI riders. Then, it was another hour until they found us (thank god for cellphones and our dachshund flag). Janne was heroic driving the r.v. in traffic that even made us from Los Angeles cringe. We were parked in warehouse section that would have been pretty scary if there hadn't been thousands of vans and bicyclists trying to find each other. Bored, I walked for a block along the docks and took these photographs of the only part of Dubuque, Iowa that I've yet to see.

GARY AND MARCIA FLETCHER REBUILD THEIR WEST DES MOINES HOME

The Fletcher Home will overlook a golf course in West Des Moines, Iowa
Brendan Fecht talks about the new house with his mom's cousin Gary Fletcher.
How's this for a view?
Marcia Fletcher is excited about the prospects of her new palates studio. Katy Fletcher, Gary's sister studies Marcia's plans.
Gary and Marcia Fletcher are very busy rebuilding the home they lost last winter from a fire. The new house is being built on the foundation footprint of the original home.